go over

present singular third person goes over · participle present going over · past went over · participle past gone over

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.

   I'm going over to my friend's house because I've already gone over my weekly quota.

2. idiomatictransitiveTo look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.

   Please go over the reports to make sure we haven't missed anything.

3. idiomaticintransitiveTo create a response or impression.

   Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers.

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   "'God told me to evacuate' won't go over well during my inevitable court-martial."

   2018 September 9, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2025

4. artsTo spray paint graffiti over someone else's graffiti.
5. transitiveTo encompass or cover (a subject).

   In first period, we're going over the basics of cell biology.

6. ball gamesTo score a try.

   But in the closing stages Bishop spotted a gap to go over and Hook converted to set up a nervous finish for the Blues, who managed to hold on.

   2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, in BBC

7. UKdatedslangtransitiveTo pat down (someone) and then rob them.

   That's who went over the butcher.

8. datedintransitiveslangTo turn out successful; to be well-received.

   That song really went over with the audience.

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   The sex lottery went over big in its first try with number runners selling tickets and making the entire affair a very hush-hush production.

   1953 August 6, Jet, volume 4, Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, pages 21-22

9. datedintransitiveTo convert to Roman Catholicism.
10. broadlyintransitiveTo convert or switch sides.

    He went over to the finance department's side in this dispute.